BoardMate
Lighter than BGG. More focused than social media.
Organise your board game collection and share one link so friends can vote on tonight's game — no app to install, and the session turns into a record automatically.
Coming Soon — Join the Beta Closed Beta is on the way. The link will appear here at launch.Picking a game over group chat with a wall of 3×3 screenshots — everyone's eyes glaze over and nothing gets chosen.
Nobody remembers the rules, so half the table is Googling or asking a Facebook group while the game stalls.
You mean to log who won and how many plays it was, but it means opening yet another app and typing it all in — so you don't.
You want to track your collection on BGG, but its eight statuses are overkill — you just want to know what you own and what you want to play.
BoardMate isn't out to replace BGG — BGG already owns the game database. BoardMate adds a lighter layer of sharing and collaboration on top.
Import your BGG collection in one tap, simplified into statuses that are easy to scan (Own / Sold / Trylist / Wishlist / Played). Details BGG doesn't give you — weight, player count, rating — are filled in for you.
Create an event and share the link. Friends enter their name, vote on the spot, and say which game they're bringing — live counts, no app to install. When the night wraps, one tap confirms what actually got played and the play log, attendance and cost split write themselves.
See where your collection actually goes — total plays, games played, utilisation rate, cost per play, annual spend, and what's trending in and out. Built from your BGG play history, no spreadsheet.
A later paid tier in three modes, for playing with other people. None of it is in the launch build, and it won't change anything that's free in Basic.
Give your collection a public link with a name you choose. Friends open it — no app, no login — see everything, and submit their own games to a shared pool for the next night. Your profile quietly tracks how the group has grown: sessions played, new games tried, who brought what.
Run a proper competition around a single game. Players sign up, a moderator seeds the rounds and enters results, and everyone follows the standings from their phone.
Everything BoardMate does, from a browser — set up events, tidy your collection and review stats on a full-size screen, then pick up again on your phone.
Enter your BGG username and pull in your collection in one tap.
Open an event or a Public Profile link and send it to friends.
Friends vote on the game; after the night, one tap confirms it and the record writes itself.
No. They tap the link, type their name in the browser, and can vote, RSVP and tell you which game they're bringing.
Importing a collection needs your BGG username (with a public collection). Without a BGG account you can still search and add games manually in the app.
BoardMate Basic — everything above under "BoardMate Basic" — is free, and stays free. A later paid tier, BoardMate+, adds the three "Coming soon" modes (Collaborator, Tournament, Web); it won't change anything that's free in Basic.
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